Reviews for Come On...

StonerRock.com

Never mind the bad - there is a shit ton of good music out there, and unless you sleep no more than 15 minutes a night and have no responsibilities outside of turning up the speakers and getting your rock on, there's no possible way you're going to catch it all. Case in point - apparently Shame Club has been around long enough to release two other albums, but Come On is the first thing I've heard by the Saint Louis four-piece. It's the sort of introduction makes you slap your forehead and wonder what the hell you were thinking, letting something this fantastic slip past the radar. How good is it? Know how I've been prone to bitching about rock albums that stretch past ten tracks? The 12-song Come On not only doesn't have any weak moments, but I wouldn't have minded had it gone on even longer. It's an honest, hard working album that draws from a long list of classic rockers and fits in comfortably against contemporaries like The Brought Low, Mule, Roadsaw, The Rubes, and RPG. There's a southern undercurrent to Come On, accented by some soulful vocal harmonies and strengthened by hooks sharp enough to cut the skin. The band rarely plays it fast ("How Far" and "I Ain't Surprised" are the exceptions), instead opting to hit grooves that are just above the speed limit and fill the songs with some beautiful melodies. Songs like "Transamerica," "I Just Want You To Be Free," "Don't Feel Like Making Love" (dig the Bad Company reference), and "Jonestown" are best described as sounding big (or maybe just "awesome"). In another era, "Can You Feel It" would be a hit, heard on every half decent radio station across the nation. And closer "Lurch" is perfectly named – it's a drunken stumble of bluesy rock that tears up the eyes like that last shot of bourbon that you probably shouldn't have had. It's been a good year for rock 'n' roll and Shame Club's Come On makes it even better. A modern day classic? Too early to tell. But goddamn this is one hell of an album. Highly recommended. John Pegoraro
November 27th, 2007
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1. Transamerica
2. I Just Want You To Be Free
3. How Far
4. Don't Feel Like Making Love
5. Light Shines
6. Can You Feel It
7. Alicia Circles
8. Jonestown
9. Chasm
10. Sweet Mercy's Gate
11. I Ain't Surprised
12. Lurch